FF Life

From Hormuz to Dalal Street, a distant conflict is quietly reshaping risk for Indian investors—and exposing the limits of “India-only” portfolios

Chaos, craft and the return of the auteur

My annual curtain-raiser: the likely winners, the dark horses, and the one film you should actually watch.

Books, films and cultural works that help us see the Middle East beyond the noise of geopolitics

Why global diversification is less about chasing returns and more about protecting your financial future from a single-country risk

A reflection on joy, and why the ordinary day may be enough

When success no longer answers “What now?”

What the return of the Piprahwa relics asks of us—about restraint, remembrance, and how we practice attention today

Armed with a diary and pen, I set out on a solo two-and-a-half-month ‘journalling adventure’ through Malaysia and Indonesia. Every little self-musing helped me remember my old self and awaken a new one

11 stories that asked us to slow down, look closer, and feel more deeply

Living wills remain on the fringes, but they are forcing India to confront family power, cultural taboo, and the realities of end-of-life care—signalling a profound shift in how the country thinks about dignity and medical decision-making

In memory of a friend, mentor, and conservationist, we present the 2025 Ramki Sreenivasan Conservation Photography Award—images that reveal the startling, intimate, and often uncomfortable ways in which human lives now intersect with the wild

How men learn—and unlearn—the language of emotion

At a quiet Australian headland, I discovered that the most meaningful journeys aren’t about how far we go—but how still we learn to be